Animals

A group of mountain yellow-legged frogs pile on top of each other in a tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific, where they were being raised before being released into the local mountains, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 in Long Beach, Calif. (Thomas R. Cordova/Long Beach Post via AP)

In this photo provided by Katmai Conservancy, a bear munches a salmon in Alaska's Katmai National Park and Preserve in Sept., 2026. (Guy Runco/Katmai Conservancy via AP)

This photo provided by Shedd Aquarium shows a beluga whale named Osiris at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2026. (Rachel Mittelstaedt/Shedd Aquarium via AP)

A raccoon kit practices swimming, while supported by Woodside Wildlife Rescue Director Raquel Priest, on Sept. 1, 2026 in Pass Christian, Miss. (AP Photo/Sophie Bates)

A participant races his donkey during the traditional summer donkey race in Roum village, southern Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Guinea pigs nibble on corn and other vegetation at a guinea pig rescue in Salisbury, Mass., Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)

A stray cat sits in front of the historic Yeni mosque at Eminonu district in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

United States Fish and Wildlife Service Shorebird Monitor Allison Ruhl carries an adult oystercatcher at Trustom Pond National Wildlife Refuge in South Kingstown, R.I., June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

A patient with mental health conditions participates in a therapy session involving donkeys at a psychiatric hospital in Neuilly-sur-Marne, in the eastern suburbs of Paris, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

FILE - Charley, an ageing four-ton African elephant, is trained to enter a transport container, on Aug. 9, 2024 at the Pretoria, South Africa's, National Zoological Gardens. (AP Photo, File)

Fatou, the oldest of Berlin's zoo and also believed to be the world's oldest gorilla, eats vegetables to celebrate her 69th birthday in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Decorated cages sit on a road during an annual pilgrimage of bird sellers to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)